This document discusses Microsoft's Azure API platform and the features it provides for both developers and administrators. It allows developers to self-register for APIs, access documentation and support forums, and view usage analytics. It also gives administrators tools to manage API specifications, policies, security settings, and reports on API usage. The platform aims to simplify creating and consuming APIs through features like subscriptions, documentation, rate limiting, and request/response transformation.

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Partners. Investor in Box, DocuSign, Twilio
and SendGrid.
http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/31/api-
economy/

6. October 23, 2013

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AZURE API
API
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PROXY
DEVELOPER
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PUBLISHER
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Developer Experience
Self-Registration
Subscriptions
Documentation
Console
Issues Forum
Dashboard
Admin Experience
API specification
Product management
Policies Editor
Developer management
Content management
Configurable notifications
Security
Custom developer ID
Social Developer ID
API key authentication
Basic Authentication
Proxy & Policies
Call and bandwidth quotas
Rate limit
Caching
HTTPS
Authenticate with Basic
CORS / x-domain calls
Find and replace string
Re-write URL
Mask URLs
JSONP
JSON to/from XML
Set header or parameter
IP filter
Wildcard operations
Reports
Calls
Bandwidth
Cache hits/misses
Status codes
API and service response time
Proxy response time
Filter any report by product API
Operation